أَكْمَلْتَ لِلعُقْبَى جِهَادَكْ

فَارْقُدْ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا رُقَادَكْ

You fulfilled your jihad for the hereafter

So rest from the life of this world and its slumber

أَدْرَكْتَ شَأْوَكَ مُبْكِراً

وَبَلَغْتَ مِنْ شَأْنٍ مُرَادَكْ

You attained your goal early

And reached your intended purpose

لَهفِي عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ أَصَرَّ

الدَّاءُ مُحْتَلاًّ وِسَادَكْ

My grief for you, as illness took hold

And weakened your body in its grasp

أَمْسَى يُكَافِحُهُ صِبَا

كَ وَظَلَّ مُسْتَلِباً قِيَادَكْ

The evening battles it

As your leadership remained under its control

وَعَلَيْكَ يَسْتعْدِي نُهَا

ك وَتِلْكَ جَالِبَةٌ سُهَادَكْ

And destruction works upon you

Drawing near and stealing your sleep

فَمُذِيبَةٌ مِنْكَ القُوَى

فَمُدِيلَةٌ مِنْهَا سُؤَادِكْ

Melting your strength away

And softening your heart

يَا منْ شَجَا أَحْبَابَهُ

بِبِعَادِهِ أَبْكِي بِعَادَكْ

O you who saddened your loved ones

With your distance, I cry for your absence

حَالَتْ نَوىً دُونَ الْعِيَا

دَةِ غَيْرَ أَنَّ القلْبَ عَادَكْ

Intentions changed, apart from longing

Except the heart - its place is with you

طَالَبْتَ دَهْرَكَ بِالعَظَا

ئِمِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ فَمَا أَفَادَك

You sought from your fate great deeds

As much as you could, but to no avail

رَأْسُ الحَصَافَةِ أَنْ يَكُو

نَ حِجاك غَلاَّباً فُؤادَكْ

Only for arrows to make their mark

And overcome your heart

فَطَفِقْتَ تَصْطَادُ الفَرَا

ئِدَ مِنْ مَكَامِنِهَا اصْطِيَادَكْ

So you began hunting ideas

From their hiding places, catching them

وَتَصُوغُ ذَاك اللَّفْظَ

مُنْفَرِداً بِصِيغَتِهِ انْفِرَادَكْ

And shaping that unique expression

In its solitary form, in your isolation

مَا كُنْتَ خَدَّاعاً وَلاَ

شَابَتْ مُمَاذَقَةٌ وَدَادَكْ

You were no deceiver, no falsehood

Ever tainted your affection

كَلاّ وَلم تكُ هَاجِياً

أَحَداً وَإِنْ أَوْرَى زِنادَكْ

No, you never opposed anyone

Though you ignited your flints

أَبَداً عَلَى الرَحْمَنِ تُلْقِي

فِي المُلِمَّاتِ اعْتِمَادَك

You always placed your trust

In the Most Merciful, through adversities

وَبِمَدْحِ طه والصَحا

بَةِ تجْعَلُ الحُسْنَى مَعَادَك

And by praising Taha and the Companions

You made goodness your return